Device for heading and hooping barrels.



PATENTED SEPT'. 12, 1905. D

E. 0. THORSGHMIDT. DEVICE FOR HEADING AND HOOPING BARRELS.

APPLICATION EILED JAN. 18, 1904.

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DEVICE FOR HEADING AND HOOPING BARRELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, 1.905.

Application filed January 18, 1904:. Serial No. 189.400;

To all whom, it may concern: p

Be it known that I, ERNEST C. TI-IoR- SCHMIDT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings,city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Devices forHeading and Hooping Barrels, of which the following is a specification.

The staves of barrels are assembled and the bilge-hoops applied in amachine especially constructed for making barrels to such extent.

My invention relates to devices for heading and applying the end hoop orhoops, which operations are separate from the foregoing.

In carrying out my invention I employ a heading-up table and acatch-hoop for drawing together the ends of the staves for applying theend hoops.

The heading-up table comprises a flanged base, a tubular central columnand clampingring, a removable threaded rod supported by said column, aneXteriorly-threaded and flanged sleeve, and platform connected to theflanged sleeve.

The catch-hoop comprises a bar, at one end of which is a circular diskand a hoop with eye ends pivoted to the same face of vthe disk at placesopposite to its center and on a line at right angles to the line of thebar. The platform is adjustable to bring the beveled end of the headinto line with the croze of the staves, and the catch-hoop is thenemployed to bring the ends of the staves together and the edge of thehead firmly into the croze and to hold the same while the end hoops arebeing applied and secured to place.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section and partial elevation ofmy improvement and a vertical section of the barrel in position. Fig. 2is a horizontal section and plan at the line :n of Fig. 1, showing thebase and the central column and clampingring. Fig. 3 is a sectional planat y'y of Fig. l of the column, clamping-ring, and through the rod. Fig.l is an inverted plan of the sleeve and platform; and Fig. 5 is a planof the catch-hoop device, showing its distended position in full linesand its contracted position in dotted lines. v

The base a, preferably of cast metal and circular in outline, isprovided with a circular flange a and a central split socket a2 on theupper surface and with knobs or feet on the under surface atspaced-apart intervals for supporting the same, there being a bolt 2through iianges of the split socket for drawing the same together, so asto bind theretov i to pass into the upper end of the'tubular centralcolumn b and removable therefrom and provided at its up er end with athreaded portion, the centra portion being of larger diameter than thelower end, so as to rest upon the upper end of the tubular column b. Iprovide a sleeve d, having a flange d. The sleeve is interiorly threadedat its u per end to receive the threaded portion ofp the rod c, itslower end being of slightly greater interior diameter to pass over thecentral ortion of the rod c. A platform cof circuar outline is securedby screws to the flange of the sleeve d, the said platform in diameterbeing slightly smaller than the diameter of the barrel-head.

f represents the staves of the barrel, and 4 hoops applied in a machineespecially constructed for that purpose, but is independent of thedevice of my present invention, the said barrel so formed being headedby the present device and the end hoops applied to hold the head inposition. I

g represents the parts forming the head of the barrel as resting uponthe platform e, and 7 the croze of the staves into which the'edge of thehead fits and is held by the end hoops c' and 7c.

The catch-hoop structure comprises a bar 71 on one end of which is acircular disk I. The hoop m of the catch-hoop device is provided witheye ends and pivots 5, connecting these eye ends to the same face of thedisk h at places opposite to its center and on a line with the center,which is at right angles to the line of the bar h. Consequently when thebar L occupies a vertical position the parts of the hoop m are in aplane, and the pivots 5, connecting the eye ends of said hoop with thedisk, are also in the same plane, said plane being at right angles tothe plane of the bar h. This is the position of the parts when thecatch-hoop device is applied around the IOS IIO

staves of the barrel to draw the ends thereof together and to close thesame around the head of the barrel, bringing the beveled edge of thehead into the croZe of the staves. To accomplish this, the bar 7L isturned from a vertical toward or into a horizontal position, as shown inFig. 1. This swings the eye ends of the hoop m toward or into a verticalposition, reducing the area of the hoop m and forcing the stavestogether, and it will be apparent that the hoop may be still furthernarrowed or reduced in area by continuing the movement imparted to thebar 7L from a hori- Zontal position downward into a more nearly verticalposition, because then the pivoted eye ends of the hoop pass by theirvertical position and approach a horizontal plane in their extrememovement.

In the operation of this device the bar is to be held in position byhand after the pressure has been applied and the ends of the stavesbrought together and the head g engaged by the croze of the staves,while the hoops i and 7C are driven to place and secured in the usualmanner to the staves. The reverse movement imparted to the bar 7L willof course relieve the pressure upon the hoop m and permit the same toexpand and return to its initial position of greatest diameter, when thesame can be lifted off the head of the barrel ready to repeat theoperation on another barrel and the barrel so headed be lifted off thedevice shown in Fig. 1, so that another barrel to be headed may take itsplace.

I claim as my inventionH 1. In a device for heading and hooping barrels,the combination with a base and a platform, of a tubular central column,means for holding the same at its lower end to the base, a rod threadedat its upper end and adapted to be received in the upper end of thecolumn, and means for securing the same in position, a sleeve interiorlythreaded and secured to the under surface of the platform and adapted toengage the threaded upper end of said rod so as to adjust the height ofthe platform, and also fitting closely around the said rod beyond thethreaded portion to be guided thereby and a device adapted tosurroundthe barrel and to which pressure may be applied for drawingtogether the staves at the upper end into contact with the head, and thebeveled edge of the head into the croze of the staves and for holdingthe same in position while the hoops are applied and secured.

2. In a device for heading and hooping barrels, the combination with abase having a circular flange and a central split socket, and means fordrawing together the parts of the split socket, of a tubular centralcolumn fitting in said socket and held thereby and split at its upperend, a clamping-ring surrounding the upper split end of the said column,a rod having a reduced lower end adapted to fit into the upper end ofsaid tubular column and having its upper end threaded, a sleeveinteriorly threaded and adapted to receive the threaded end of said rodand at its lower end to fit closely around and be guided by the centralportion of said rod, said sleeve being secured to the under surface ofthe platform and vertically adjustable for bringing the barrel-head tothe desired height orposition, and a device for drawing together thebarrel-staves at one end so as to force the same into contact with thehead of the barrel and the beveled edge of the head into the croze ofthe staves and to hold the same in position while the end hoops arebeing placed and secured.

3. In a device for heading and hooping barrels, the combination with abase, a platform, means for adjustably supporting the platform upon thebase and the base adapted to receive a barrel to be headed, of a devicefor applying pressure and bringing together the ends of the staves,comprising a bar with a disk at one end, a metal hoop with endspivotally connected to the same face of the said disk at points oppositeto its center and in a plane at right angles to the line of the handle,the disk being in a plane at right angles to the plane of the hoop, andto which bar a swinging movement is imparted to contract the area of thehoop and apply said pressure.

Signed by me this 14th day of January, 1904.

ERNEST C. THORSCHMIDT.

Witnesses:

RICHARD JAEGER, GEO. T. PINCKNEY.

